[robotics-worldwide] ICRA 2008 Workshops and Tutorials Call for Proposals

[Monica Nicolescu]

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ICRA 2008 Workshops and Tutorials
Call for Proposals
http://www.icra2008.org

*** Website open for submissions ***

The 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation will be held 
in Pasadena, California, on May 19-23, 2008. We solicit tutorial and workshop 
proposals that address important and new topics related to the conference theme 
as well as robotics and automation in general. Workshops should focus on areas 
of active research, in order to provide an informal forum for participants to 
exchange developing research results and ideas. Tutorials should target 
established fields of research, in order to provide descriptions on its state 
of the art, by individuals who are recognized researchers of the field. All 
workshop/tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the ICRA 2008 Workshop/Tutorial 
Committee.

We encourage proposals that will attract a broad audience from industry. The 
primary criteria for selection are anticipated level of interest, impact, 
novelty or creativity, and technical background of presenters.

Proposals following the format below must be submitted online 
(http://www.icra2008.org) via the PaperPlaza system by September 14, 2007.

Proposal Format:
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     1. Title
     2. Organizers (complete address, phone, and email)
     3. Abstract (<200 words, indicate full or half day, workshop or 
tutorial)
     4. Motivation and objectives (<300 words)
     5. List of topics
     6. List of presenters with affiliations and status of confirmation
     7. Intended audience
     8. Relation to the previous ICRA or IROS workshops/tutorials.

Please number and clearly delineate each section.

Decisions will be announced by November 15, 2007. The following is the
remaining schedule:

- November 20: Call for contributions on the workshop/tutorial webpage
- January 15, 2008: Workshop/tutorial agenda submission deadline
- February 15, 2008: Program finalized for each workshop and tutorial
- March 1, 2008: Final workshops and tutorials material due
(workshops-papers, tutorials-lecture materials, both up to 200 pages in
pdf format). The written material for each workshop or tutorial should
include a cover page and a table of contents (if there are multiple
presenters).

Monica Nicolescu (Chair, Workshops and Tutorials), Maja J Mataric', Stefan
Schaal, Gaurav S. Sukhatme

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